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The Psychology of Willpower

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How to strengthen your willpower

How to overcome temptation and distractions

The role of motivation in willpower

Key Insights

  • Don’t let metrics you don’t control define you.
  • Ask yourself if you want the reward you’re seeking, in order to know when to quit something hard.
  • Be completely honest with yourself about the reasons behind the decisions you’re making.
  • Identify the stuff that you really enjoy.
  • Treat your audience as friends.

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Hi all! 📚I'm Juan, a Learning Coach and founder of We Learn from 🇨🇴! I'm passionated about evidence based learning, marketing & systems. You can reach me at juan@welearn.com.co

It made me focus on impact rather than vanity metrics

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